Can I use an APC UPS for DVDR and clock radios?

[mm]

I just got a used APC Back-UPS 300 and somewhere it says that it is
for computer equipment only and not for medical equipment.

I had hoped to use this for my heart-lung machine, but since I can't
do that, can I back up a Philips DVDR and a couple clock radios with
it, even though those are not computer equipment?


(Another weakness of the Philips 3576H DVDR is that it forgets all the
planned recording times if it's without power for more than a minute
or two.)

 

[PeterD]

I just got a used APC Back-UPS 300 and somewhere it says that it is
for computer equipment only and not for medical equipment.

I had hoped to use this for my heart-lung machine, but since I can't
do that, can I back up a Philips DVDR and a couple clock radios with
it, even though those are not computer equipment?


(Another weakness of the Philips 3576H DVDR is that it forgets all the
planned recording times if it's without power for more than a minute
or two.)

Can't see why not, they don't want the liability that medical
equipment carries.

In fact, I've got my iron lung hooked up to


a



computer UPS


But it


has


shutdown...

<gasp>

 

[William Sommerwerck]

The output of a cheap UPS such as this one is NASTY. It's

usually a squarewave or "stepped approximation to a sinewave".
These low end APC UPS units are the epitome of cheap UPS
design. I do not know how they do as well as they do.

They're cheap and they work. I've used APC * products for years, and never
had problems. The power goes out, and within milliseconds the SPS (it's not
a UPS) has taken over.

* APC also stands for aspirin-phenacetin-caffeine. Anacin used to have this
formulation, until it was discovered that pheacetin caused kidney damage.

 

[William Sommerwerck]

I have my home kidney dialysis, hyperbaric chamber, and

MRI scanner hooked up to APC battery backup units with
no problem. Should be no problem with a heart-lung bypass
machine which is a good thing to have if you want to perform
open heart surgery on yourself at home.

Suture self.

 

[Sylvia Else]

not for medical equipment.

This is not of a concern for you, or the equipment. They just don't want
to be sued by your estate if the UPS should happen to be interrupted.

Sylvia.

 

[Bob F]

Suture self.

LOL!

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

Suture self.

oh, *ouch*